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Bend over backwards Moderate

Bend over backwards has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

try very hard to please someone

"She falls over backwards when she sees her mother-in-law"

2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bend over,‎ backwards.

See Also
effort go out of one's way go extra mile go to great lengths care
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
act
Rhyming Words
rds ards prds yards hards fords kurds hurds nords nerds nards lords girds herds wards cords words jards turds birds
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